February 27, 2008
Minnesota Raises Gas Tax
by Gerald Prante
The Minnesota state legislature has overridden a veto by Gov. Tim Pawlenty that will raise the gas tax per gallon by a nickel. Pawlenty argued that it wasn't right to raise taxes on Minnesota families. While that question is certainly worth debating, where was this Gov. Tim Pawlenty two years ago when he signed into law a bill passed by the state legislature that raised sales taxes on families in Hennepin County (Minneapolis) by $392 million without their approval to pay for a new baseball stadium for the Minnesota Twins?
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